Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 19 May 1976
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Owner/operator: F & B Livestock Corp
Registration Number: N468C
Location: Belize City –
ÿ Belize
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: No specific component is identified as being directly affected.No specific component is identified as being directly affected.
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a propeller failure during flight over Belize, resulting in a ground impact. The propeller detached from the shaft, striking the second engine, followed by a wing strike on the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around and landed with a partially retracted left gear, ultimately resulting in a runway impact.An aircraft experienced a propeller failure during flight over Belize, resulting in a ground impact. The propeller detached from the shaft, striking the second engine, followed by a wing strike on the runway. The pilot initiated a go-around and landed with a partially retracted left gear, ultimately resulting in a runway impact.
Description
The aircraft was flying 65nm E of Belize, en route from Honduras, when the no. 1 propeller ran away. The RPM couldn’t be controlled and the prop couldn’t be feathered. The pilot-in-command decided to divert to Belize. At 25nm E of Belize the no. 1 prop flew off its shaft, striking the no. 2 engine. The no. 2 prop was feathered immediately. Because of problems lowering the left gear a go-around was flown. Attempts to recycle the gear into the locked position failed and a landing was carried out with the left gear partially retracted. The left wing struck the runway and the aircraft ran off the runway coming to rest 7,60 m from the runway edge.
Primary Cause
Propeller failure and subsequent shaft detachment.Propeller failure and subsequent shaft detachment.Share on:
